# Cognition's acquisition of Windsurf Part of Inside Cognition, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf Formerly Codeium (founded as Exafunction). Windsurf made an AI-powered IDE; Cognition's announcement called it "the agentic IDE". - Announced: Jul 14, 2025 - Deal: Acquisition (definitive agreement covering Windsurf's IP, product, trademark, brand and people) - Price: not disclosed ## What happened, by date - Apr 4, 2025: The company formally rebranded from Codeium to Windsurf, noting it began as Exafunction in 2021, focused on optimizing GPU workloads. [1](https://devin.ai/blog/windsurf-rebrand-announcement) - Apr 16, 2025: Bloomberg and CNBC reported OpenAI was in talks to buy Windsurf for about $3 billion. [1](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-16/openai-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-windsurf-for-about-3-billion) [2](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/openai-in-talks-to-pay-about-3-billion-to-acquire-startup-windsurf.html) - May 6, 2025: Bloomberg reported OpenAI had reached an agreement to buy Windsurf for about $3 billion. [1](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/openai-reaches-agreement-to-buy-startup-windsurf-for-3-billion) - Jul 11, 2025: TechCrunch and Bloomberg reported OpenAI's $3 billion deal to acquire Windsurf had fallen apart. [1](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/windsurfs-ceo-goes-to-google-openais-acquisition-falls-apart/) [2](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/openai-s-3-billion-deal-to-buy-ai-startup-windsurf-falls-apart) - Jul 11, 2025: Google DeepMind hired CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen and some Windsurf researchers, and took a nonexclusive license to certain Windsurf technology; CNBC's source said Google was paying $2.4 billion in licensing fees and compensation. [1](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/windsurfs-ceo-goes-to-google-openais-acquisition-falls-apart/) [2](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/11/google-windsurf-ceo-varun-mohan-latest-ai-talent-deal-.html) - Jul 11, 2025: Windsurf announced that Head of Business Jeff Wang had become interim CEO and VP of Global Sales Graham Moreno had become President. [1](https://devin.ai/blog/windsurfs-next-stage) - Jul 11, 2025: That Friday evening, Jeff Wang heard from Cognition executives Scott Wu and Russell Kaplan, according to TechCrunch; Cognition later described "a first call after 5 p.m. on a Friday". [1](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/19/windsurf-ceo-opens-up-about-very-bleak-mood-before-cognition-deal/) [2](https://cognition.com/blog/one-year-of-building-together) - Jul 14, 2025: The agreement was signed on Monday morning (TechCrunch reported 9:30 am), and Cognition announced a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf that day. [1](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/19/windsurf-ceo-opens-up-about-very-bleak-mood-before-cognition-deal/) [2](https://cognition.com/blog/one-year-of-building-together) [3](https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf) - Jul 14, 2025: Cognition said the deal brought $82M of ARR and 350+ enterprise customers, and that 100% of Windsurf employees would participate financially, have vesting cliffs waived and receive fully accelerated vesting for their work to date. [1](https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf) [2](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/cognition-maker-of-the-ai-coding-agent-devin-acquires-windsurf/) - Jul 2025: Three days after the deal closed, Windsurf shipped Wave 11, which Cognition named "Just Keep Shipping". [1](https://cognition.com/blog/one-year-of-building-together) - Aug 5, 2025: TechCrunch, citing The Information, reported Cognition laid off 30 Windsurf employees and offered the roughly 200 remaining a buyout of nine months' salary, with those staying reportedly expected to work six days in the office and more than 80 hours a week. [1](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/three-weeks-after-acquiring-windsurf-cognition-offers-staff-the-exit-door/) - Sep 8, 2025: Cognition said the Windsurf acquisition more than doubled its ARR and that combined enterprise ARR grew over 30% in the seven weeks after it. [1](https://cognition.com/blog/funding-growth-and-the-next-frontier-of-ai-coding-agents) - Oct 29, 2025: Cognition released its SWE-1.5 model, available in Windsurf. [1](https://cognition.com/blog/swe-1-5) - Nov 4, 2025: Cognition announced Windsurf Codemaps, AI-annotated structured maps of code. [1](https://cognition.com/blog/codemaps) - Apr 15, 2026: Windsurf 2.0 built Devin into Windsurf, so users could plan locally and hand tasks to Devin in the cloud. [1](https://cognition.com/blog/devin-in-windsurf) - Jun 2, 2026: Scott Wu and Jeff Wang announced Devin Desktop, "the next generation of Windsurf". [1](https://cognition.com/blog/introducing-devin-desktop) - Jul 14, 2026: In a one-year post, Scott Wu and Jeff Wang wrote that the team grew from 44 to 350 people and revenue run rate grew from $73M to $500M+ since merging the brands. [1](https://cognition.com/blog/one-year-of-building-together) ## In their own words > With this deal, we’re doubling down on our mission of building the future of software engineering. … After today, our efforts will be as a united and aligned team. There’s only one boat and we’re all in it together. … There’s never been a more exciting time to build. Scott Wu, Cognition CEO, Jul 14, 2025 [1](https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf) > Hard to explain the last 72 hours. … Far more to come here, but I have never been more grateful to my team or more excited about our future. Graham Moreno, VP, Worldwide GTM (Windsurf), Jul 14, 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_cognitions-acquisition-of-windsurf-cognition-activity-7350596196056375296-cY9O) > Wild is a great way to explain the last 72 hours but wow... the leadership pulled it off and we are now in an even better place than any of us could have ever thought of. Alex Hammett, Go-to-market, Europe (Windsurf), Jul 14, 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alexhammett_wild-is-a-great-way-to-explain-the-last-72-activity-7350588382470725633-3HY1) > Thank you, Scott Wu, Russell Kaplan, and the entire Cognition team for leading with compassion and true partnership throughout the process. Onward! Adam Strouss, VP, Finance, Jul 15, 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-strouss-b8843ab2_thank-you-scott-wu-russell-kaplan-and-activity-7350951211245686784-_ybP) > It's been really crazy to reflect on 2025 - Codeium evolved and we rebranded to Windsurf. Google acquisition. Cognition acquisition. Combining products and teams. All while continuing to build, develop/promote, and maintain some form of productivity/growth in the spaces between. Hannah Miller-Jones, Sales Development Lead, Feb 23, 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hannahjmj_been-a-minute-since-ive-posted-so-eoysko-activity-7431783929742864384-xDMd) > I quit my job at Windsurf to build the fix. I was building AI coding tools at Windsurf for Fortune 10 companies. Great team, great product. But I kept watching the same problem play out: teams shipping faster and breaking more things. Aakash Mahalingam, Software Engineer, Windsurf, Mar 9, 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aakashmahalingam_canary-ycombinator-sf-activity-7436864984720076800-LIRX) > A few months overdue. I am fired up to share that I have re-joined Cognition following the Windsurf acquisition to help lead and scale the Majors sales org. Cognition is one of the most talent-dense companies on the planet. Ben Jaderstrom, VP, Majors Sales, Apr 14, 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benjaderstrom_a-few-months-overdue-i-am-fired-up-to-share-activity-7449854652935847936-DL_U) > After an incredible run at Windsurf/Cognition, I’m excited to announce I have moved to the next chapter of my career and am joining OpenAI to help continue building the Codex Deployed Engineering team. … The way they lead their teams inspired me to grow as a leader, and I’ll carry those lessons with me for the rest of my career. Satwik Bebortha, Team Lead, Deployed Engineering, Apr 20, 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/satwik-bebortha_after-an-incredible-run-at-windsurfcognition-activity-7452008234103779330-AkXu) > I was an early employee of Codeium that eventually became @windsurf. It is sad to say goodbye but Devin Desktop is the future this space needs. Sandeep Shah, VP, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance, Jun 3, 2026 [1](https://x.com/sandeepDshah/status/2061963866859323611) > One of the most common questions I get in candidate interviews is: "Why'd you decide to keep building at Cognition post-Windsurf acquisition?" The answer is simple: Cognition is packed with incredible operators who challenge me every day. … It's not for everyone. Sebastian Cañizares, Director of Sales, Enterprise, Jul 13, 2026 [1](https://x.com/scanizaresf/status/2076473350734365181) > Most of the conversation centered around the founders & engineers heading to Google. I knew the bigger story was about those of us who stayed... … And yes, operating with a massive chip on your shoulder is effective. Winning is the best revenge. Sandeep Shah, VP, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance, Jul 14, 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sandeepdshah_one-year-ago-today-cognitions-acquisition-activity-7482790582172430336-S8rF) > One year later and working at Cognition is still exhilarating! Vanessa Salas, Deployed Engineer, Jul 14, 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vanessa-salas_exactly-one-year-ago-was-the-craziest-72-activity-7482912600700133376-_EQv) > One year ago, on a Friday afternoon, I stood in a small office to preview the highly anticipated announcement of Windsurf's acquisition..and then...my jaw fell to the 1st floor of the building. I google'd acquihire, ironic. … 24 hours later I got a call that Cognition had acquired us. Meredith (McCarty) Siewert, Head of Majors, Insurance, Jul 15, 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7483170766390448128-VpkT) ## Where Windsurf's people went 112 people at Windsurf in July 2025, from each person's LinkedIn profile: - Went to Cognition and are still there: 53 - Went to Cognition and have since left: 41 - Went to Google in July 2025: 18 - Went elsewhere: 0 ### Still at Cognition - [Jeff Wang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jeff-wang) (at Windsurf: Head of Business): President, New Enterprise, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefflinwang) - [Ryan Millard](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/ryan-millard) (at Windsurf: Strategic Major Accounts - GTM): Director, Major Accounts, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan125) - [Hannah Miller-Jones](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/hannah-miller-jones) (at Windsurf: Director of Sales Development): GTM Talent Acquisition Lead, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahjmj) - [Jessica Kwok](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jessica-kwok) (at Windsurf: Strategic Partnerships): Director of Strategic Partnerships, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8) - [Matt Bergland](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/matt-bergland) (at Windsurf: Community): Developer Marketing, Events & Special Projects, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattbergland) - [Travis Myers](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/travis-myers) (at Windsurf: GTM): GTM, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194) - [Gardner Johnson](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/gardner-johnson) (at Windsurf: VP of Partnerships): VP of Partnerships, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gardner-johnson-26283a1) - [Jacob Addington](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jacob-addington) (at Windsurf: GTM - Strategic Accounts): Regional Director, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-addington) - [Nick Mims](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/nick-mims) (at Windsurf: SDR Manager): GTM, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-mims-0b6b3126) - [Tyler McCormick](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/tyler-mccormick) (at Windsurf: Strategic Account Executive): Strategic Account Executive, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylermccormick) - [Meredith (McCarty) Siewert](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/meredith-mccarty-siewert) (at Windsurf: Strategic Regional Sales Director - Central & East): Head of Majors, Insurance, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredithsiewert) - [Dillon Vargo](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/dillon-vargo) (at Windsurf: GTM): GTM | Account Director, Enterprise, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillonvargo) - [Murphey Harmon](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/murphey-harmon) (at Windsurf: Enterprise GTM): Account Director, Insurance, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9) - [Canyon Manske](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/canyon-manske): GTM - Strategic Account Executive, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/canyon-manske-47b238b4) - [Parker Drew](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/parker-drew) (at Windsurf: GTM): Account Director, Enterprise, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/parker-drew) - [Bakari Hargrave](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/bakari-hargrave) (at Windsurf: GTM): Team Lead, Enterprise Sales, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bakarihargrave) - [Chirag Zaveri](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/chirag-zaveri) (at Windsurf: Strategic Account Executive ): Strategic Account Executive, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiragzaveri) - [Tyler Musa](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/tyler-musa) (at Windsurf: Strategic Account Executive): Majors Account Director, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-musa-0602984a) - [Prem Nair](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/prem-nair) (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Member of Technical Staff, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/premqnair) - [Dilan Krishnamurthy](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/dilan-krishnamurthy) (at Windsurf: GTM): GTM, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dilan-krishnamurthy-b07625235) - [Hayden Hibberd](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/hayden-hibberd) (at Windsurf: Enterprise Account Executive): Account Director - High Tech Majors, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-hibberd-296a0a41) - [Connor Haley](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/connor-haley) (at Windsurf: GTM (Go-to-Market)): Majors Account Director, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0) - [Hannah Zimmerman](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/hannah-zimmerman) (at Windsurf: GTM - Majors): Applied AI, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-zimmerman-social-engineer) - [Sebastian Cañizares](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/sebastian-canizares) (at Windsurf: GTM Leader ): Director of Sales, Enterprise, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/scanizares) - [Bobby Nobakht](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/bobby-nobakht) (at Windsurf: Mid Market Account Executive): Team Lead, Enterprise Sales, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobnobakht) - [Jia Wu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jia-rong-wu) (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer): Team Lead, Deployed Engineering, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jia-rong-wu) - [Numair Baseer](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/numair-baseer) (at Windsurf: Lead Deployed Engineer): Deployed Engineering Leader, HLS, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/numair-baseer) - [Cheng-Yuan Lee](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/sam-lee) (at Windsurf: Software Engineer Intern): Member of Technical Staff, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam571128) - [Vanessa Salas](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/vanessa-salas) (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer ): Deployed Engineer , Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-salas) - [Van Hoisington III](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/van-hoisington-iii) (at Windsurf: Strategic Account Executive): Strategic Account Executive, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b) - [Frank Frassica](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/frank-frassica) (at Windsurf: Partner Manager): Strategic Partnerships, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica) - [Patton Jones](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/patton-jones) (at Windsurf: Partner Ops): Partner Director, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones) - [Brian Smitches](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/brian-smitches) (at Windsurf: Lead, Partner Deployed Engineer): Lead Partner Deployed Engineer, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/smitches) - [Alex Monasterio](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/alex-monasterio) (at Windsurf: GTM): GTM, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmonasterio) - [Ryan M. Gee, CPA](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/ryan-m-gee-cpa) (at Windsurf: Senior Accounting Manager): Controller, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee) - [Gina Wang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/gina-wang) (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer): Deployed Engineer, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang) - [Sean Sullivan](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/sean-sullivan) (at Windsurf: Software Engineering Contractor): Engineer, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sullivan-sean) - [Mason Batchelor](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/mason-batchelor) (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer): Deployed Engineer, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/masonbatchelor) - [Alexander Baker](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/alexander-baker) (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer): Delta Engineer, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-baker-674028188) - [Matthew Vanderwerf](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/matthew-vanderwerf) (at Windsurf: Production Engineer): Member of Technical Staff, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-vanderwerf-574a1a52) - Parker Duff (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer): Deployed Engineering, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/parker-duff) - [Ray Wang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/ray-wang) (at Windsurf: ML Engineer): Member of Technical Staff, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wangray007) - [Edison Zhang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/edison-zhang) (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Member of Technical Staff, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/edison--zhang) - [Jon Arnett](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jon-arnett) (at Windsurf: Commercial Counsel): Commercial Counsel, Windsurf [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-arnett-506b591a) - [Lahari Gangineni](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/lahari-gangineni) (at Windsurf: AI Support Engineer): AI Support Engineering Lead, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni) - [Kruthesh Rabi](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/kruthesh-rabi) (at Windsurf: Associate): Associate, Windsurf [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kruthesh-rabi-1bbbb7207) - Ab De Villiers (at Windsurf: SSE): SSE, Codeium [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ab-de-villiers-5b927032a) - [Logan Furhman](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/logan-furhman) (at Windsurf: Associate): Associate, Windsurf [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/logan-furhman-552932377) - Benton Bagot (at Windsurf: Strategic Partnerships): Manager Strategic Partnerships, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bentonbagot) - Sandeep Parekh (at Windsurf: GTM - APAC & Global Partners): GTM, Global Partners & APAC Channels, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeep-parekh-64064110) - Sophia Lyssy (at Windsurf: GTM): GTM - Media, Telco & Travel , Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophialyssy) - Rob Tarantolo (at Windsurf: Strategic Account Executive): Account Director, Majors | Industrials, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tarantolo-6a7a147a) - [Eashan Sinha](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/eashan-sinha) (at Windsurf: Engineer): Engineer, Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eashansinha) ### Left Cognition since - [Adam Strouss](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/adam-strouss) (at Windsurf: Head of Finance): current employer not found; left Cognition Oct 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-strouss-b8843ab2) - Zach Diamond (at Windsurf: Head of Revenue Marketing (Acquired by Cognition)): Revenue Marketing, Roadrunner; left Cognition Sep 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/diamondzach) - Kushaal Gajavelly (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Founding Software Engineer, Unsiloed AI (YC F25); left Cognition Aug 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kushaal-gajavelly) - [Gary (Bin) Chang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/gary-chang) (at Windsurf: ML Engineering): GPU Burner, River AI; left Cognition Jul 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/changbin) - Luke Page (at Windsurf: Windsurf GTM): Enterprise Account Executive, LiteLLM AI Gateway; left Cognition Jul 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukeepage2) - Anke Hao (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer): Deployed Engineer, OpenAI; left Cognition Jun 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anke-hao) - Ben Carpenter-Nwanyanwu (at Windsurf: Windsurfing @ Windsurf ): Building the Internet for Agents, Parallel Web Systems; left Cognition Jun 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/realnwanyanwu) - Lainey Tagliaferri (at Windsurf: GTM): GTM, Parallel Web Systems; left Cognition May 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lainey-tagliaferri-5481ab14a) - Paxton Duff (at Windsurf: GTM): Co-Founder and CEO, Golden Geese Recruiting; left Cognition May 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paxton-duff-b7b499134) - Alex Laubscher (at Windsurf: Field CTO): Field CTO, Parallel Web Systems; left Cognition Apr 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexlaubscher) - Sam Foucault (at Windsurf: GTM): GTM, Light Labs; left Cognition Apr 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-foucault) - [Satwik Bebortha](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/satwik-bebortha) (at Windsurf: Team Lead, Deployed Engineering): Member of GTM Staff, OpenAI; left Cognition Apr 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/satwik-bebortha) - Dave Frankel (at Windsurf: Regional Sales Director | US East): GTM, Parallel Web Systems; left Cognition Mar 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dfrankel33) - [Graham Moreno](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/graham-moreno) (at Windsurf: VP, Worldwide GTM): Head of GTM at Parallel Web Systems , Parallel Web Systems; left Cognition Mar 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahammoreno) [2](https://review.firstround.com/why-old-school-sales-work-still-wins-in-the-ai-era-graham-moreno-head-of-gtm-parallel/) [3](https://devin.ai/blog/windsurfs-next-stage) - Kevin Huang (at Windsurf: Design Engineer): Founding Member of Technical Staff, Hypercubic; left Cognition Mar 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinhuang3) - Tejashwa Tiwari (at Windsurf: Growth + Analytics): Growth, 11x; left Cognition Mar 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejashtiwari) - Will Camp (at Windsurf: GTM): AI GTM - Enterprise, Google; left Cognition Mar 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/willcampv) - Robert Hou (at Windsurf: Product): Growth , ElevenLabs; left Cognition Feb 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-hou) - Erica Davies (at Windsurf: Strategic Customer Success Manager (Acquired by Cognition)): Senior Customer Success Manager, Navan; left Cognition Jan 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericaldavies) - [Saumia Singhal](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/saumia-singhal) (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): AI Engineer, You.com; left Cognition 2026-01 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/saumia-singhal-796062158) - Steven Kong (at Windsurf: Product Engineer): Forward Deployed Engineer, Console; left Cognition Jan 2026 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kongartist) - [Chris Diaz](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/chris-diaz) (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer): Forward Deployed Engineering, SpaceX Super Intelligence; left Cognition Dec 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgroks) - Emile Timothy Anand (at Windsurf: Model-Training Research Intern ): Student Researcher, Google; left Cognition Dec 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emiletimothyanand) - Ibrahim Sowunmi (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer): Senior Solution Engineer, Decagon; left Cognition Dec 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahim-sowunmi) - Jeremiah Olaniyan (at Windsurf: GTM): Enterprise Account Executive, Synthesia; left Cognition Dec 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremiah-olaniyan) - Payal Patel (at Windsurf: Communications Lead): Supervising Communications Associate, EY; left Cognition Dec 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-patel-a939b1186) - Peter O'Toole (at Windsurf: Enterprise Account Executive): Enterprise Account Executive, Harvey; left Cognition Dec 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/potoole9) - Rudy Garza (at Windsurf: GTM - Strategic Accounts): Special Projects, SpaceX Super Intelligence; left Cognition Dec 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudymgarza) - Sam Miraglia (at Windsurf: Strategic Account Executive): Strategic Account Executive, ClickHouse; left Cognition Dec 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-miraglia-3916424b) - Callum Miles (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer (acquired by Cognition)): Solutions Engineer, Factory; left Cognition Nov 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-miles) - Jake Guidas (at Windsurf: GTM): Founder, FunctionalMatch; left Cognition Nov 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-j-guidas) - Jordy Morris (at Windsurf: Partnerships): Strategic Partnerships - VAR/SI, Chainguard; left Cognition Nov 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordy-morris-b3449334) - HE (Jimmy) ZHANG (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Software Engineer, Sierra; left Cognition Oct 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmyhezhang) - Jacob Reese (at Windsurf: Strategic Partnerships): Channel Partner Team Lead, North America, monday.com; left Cognition Oct 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobsreese) - Dylan Yu (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Researcher, Applied Compute; left Cognition Aug 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-yu-666477293) - Hubert Yang (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): current employer not found; left Cognition Aug 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hubert-yang-51605424a) - Jin Wong (at Windsurf: Deployed Engineer): current employer not found; left Cognition Aug 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jinwong01) - Katie May (at Windsurf: Account Executive, Mid-Market): Inside Account Executive, Strategic Accounts, MongoDB; left Cognition Aug 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie--may) - Matthew Chen (at Windsurf: Research Engineer): current employer not found; left Cognition Aug 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewjichen) - Sam Hendel (at Windsurf: Senior Field Marketing Manager): Founder, Sam Hendel Creative; left Cognition Aug 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthahendel) - Geoffrey Wu (at Windsurf: GTM): GTM, Tavily; left Cognition 2025 [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffswu) ### To Google and elsewhere - Varun Mohan (at Windsurf: Co-Founder and CEO): Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunkmohan) [2](https://devin.ai/blog/windsurfs-next-stage) [3](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/windsurfs-ceo-goes-to-google-openais-acquisition-falls-apart/) [4](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/11/google-windsurf-ceo-varun-mohan-latest-ai-talent-deal-.html) - Douglas Chen (at Windsurf: Co-Founder): Software Engineering, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglaspchen) [2](https://devin.ai/blog/windsurfs-next-stage) [3](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/windsurfs-ceo-goes-to-google-openais-acquisition-falls-apart/) [4](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/11/google-windsurf-ceo-varun-mohan-latest-ai-talent-deal-.html) - Kevin Hou (at Windsurf: Head of Product Engineering): Software Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinhou22) [2](https://developers.googleblog.com/agent-plugins-package-your-skills-tools-and-more/) [3](https://x.com/kevinhou22/status/1938408861859549672) - Anshul Ramachandran (at Windsurf: Founding Team): Product, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshul-ramachandran) - Ritam Nag (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Software Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritam-nag) - Tamara Mitrovska (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Software Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-mitrovska-729682202) - Mehul Raheja (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Software Engineer, SpaceXAI [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehulraheja) - Nick Jiang (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasjiang) - Ronak Malde (at Windsurf: AI Research): Co-Founder, Trajectory [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronak-malde) - Amit Narang (at Windsurf: Engineering): Research, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/narang-amit) - Brian Hsu (at Windsurf: Machine Learning Researcher): Senior Software Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianjhsu) - Nicholas Moy (at Windsurf: Head of Research): Research, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-moy) - Matthew Chang (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Senior Software Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/changmp) - Akshay Ravikumar (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Software Engineering Manager, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshayravikumar) - Aaryam Maheshwary (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Software Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaryamm) - Bill Wang (at Windsurf: Software Engineer): Software Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-wang-b684b71b1) - Matthew Li (at Windsurf: Engineering Manager - Agent Platform): Software Engineering Manager, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/1matthewli) - Devin Chotzen-Hartzell (at Windsurf: Software Engineer, Team Lead): Software Engineer, Google DeepMind [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/devin-chotzen-hartzell-aaab371b5) ## What happened to Windsurf Windsurf kept shipping under its own name, added Devin inside Windsurf 2.0 in April 2026, and on 2026-06-02 Cognition announced Devin Desktop as "the next generation of Windsurf", backwards-compatible with Windsurf. [1](https://cognition.com/blog/devin-in-windsurf) [2](https://cognition.com/blog/introducing-devin-desktop) [3](https://cognition.com/blog/one-year-of-building-together) ## Unconfirmed or disputed - Cognition did not disclose the price. TechCrunch reported on 2025-08-01 that two sources estimated Cognition paid $250 million for the remaining Windsurf entity. [1](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/more-details-emerge-on-how-windsurfs-vcs-and-founders-got-paid-from-the-google-deal/) - The figures on layoffs, the nine-month buyout and the 80-hour expectation come from The Information as cited by TechCrunch; Cognition did not confirm them in a post. - Sources describe the $2.4 billion Google payment differently: CNBC's source said licensing fees and compensation; Bloomberg described payment for talent and licensing rights.